Welcome; Check For Region Number Compatibility; Glossary Of Audio Terms - Bose LIFESTYLE 18 II Series Quick Setup Manual

Welcome
Thank you for purchasing a Bose® LlFESTYLE® DVD home entertainment system. Through
proprietary Bose technologies and innovative L1FESTYLE® systems design, this elegant and
easy-to-use system delivers superior performance for both music and video programming.
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The system can play the following types of discs having the corresponding logos:
• Video DVDs
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• DVD-Rs or DVD-RlWs
• Video CDs (VCDs)
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• Audio CDs
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• CD-Rs or CD-RlWs
• MP3 CDs that meet the following criteria:
All tracks are burned in a single, closed session and in IS09660 disc format. Each file name
has an ".mp3" extension and no other periods. The file tag is no higher than 103 (ID3v2).
Check for region number compatibility
For any DVO player and DVD disc to be compatible, their region numbers must match.
These numbers are assigned according to where the player and disc are sold.
Check the region number on the bottom of the media center included with your
system. Then be sure to choose only OVD discs that show the same region
number on the disc label or packaging. For example, a Region 1 DVD and
corresponding player should display the mark shown on the right.
Glossary of audio terms
Aspect ratio - The shape of the rectangular picture in a TV set expressed as the width of the
picture relative to the height. For example, if a TV picture has an aspect ratio of 4:3 (read as 4
by 3), the shape of that picture is 4 units wide by 3 units high. The two standard TV aspect
ratios are 4:3 and 16:9.
Chapter - A main division of contents in a DVD title.
Component video - A video signal split into three parts: luminance and two color signals
(marked as YPbPr). It provides the highest resolution video, but cannot be processed by all
television sets.
Composite video - A video signal in which the brightness (black and white) and color infor-
mation are combined. Compatible with most televisions and other video components, com-
posite video cables use RCA jacks.
Dolby Digital- A perceptual coding system for audio, developed by Dolby Laboratories and
accepted as an international standard. Dolby Digital is the most common means of encoding
multi-channel audio.
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